A family in Palm Beach County is lucky to be alive after a firebomb ignited their home.

At 2 am a fire occurred at the residence of 7594 Briar Cliff Circle, in unincorporated Palm Beach County.

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Nicholas James Vought was arrested and charged with first degree arson to a dwelling on Thursday after GPS from his work vehicle placed him at the scene of the crime.

According to Palm Beach County Fire Department firefighters, traces of a Molotov cocktail was found on the residence.

Authorities found fragments of gasoline-soaked cloth and glass bottle were found in the victim’s front lawn and roof.

The owner of the residence, George Baldino, extinguished the fire with a garden hose before his daughter, Stephanie and her son were harmed.

Vought, the father of Stephanie Baldino’s son, sent her an expletive-filled text message the same time the fire took place. The message asked her to take their son out of the house and mentioned “burn.”

David Jenkins, manager of Palm Air Conditioning Inc. and Vought’s employer confirmed to detectives that the number which sent Stephanie threatening text messages was a cell phone issued only to Vought.

The case could have remained unsolved if it weren’t for the help of an unlikely aid.

Local authorities were able to crack the case open once Jenkins admitted that the company vehicle issued to Vought, a white van with “Palm Air” written on the side, is equipped with a GPS tracking device.

The GPS records were able to prove that Vought left his residency at 1:52 am on Tuesday morning and drove to the victim’s block, stopping at 2:05 am. and leaving the scene at 2:07 am.

A witness, Emmanuel Marseille, reported seeing a white van with the letter "P" on the side fleeing the scene with no lights moments before the fire was discovered.